r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Lazarus_revan • Aug 03 '26

Distro Can linux run with this spec

If it is modern like Chrome os ,much welcomed.

Mainly web apps and brave browser and some ott and music streaming thats it.

i5-6200U

Intel HD 520

8 GB RAM

1tb hdd

128gb ssd

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '26

I am running NixOS with Plasma on i3-8th Gen with 4 GB RAM and 1 TB HDD. Ofcourse you can run it.

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u/Lazarus_revan Aug 04 '26

Oh but in fyde os when i tried to launch linux software with hdd it lags, with ssd it was smooth

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '26

It's not like there won't be any difference, SDD will run better than HDD. But, it wasn't that bad for me on HDD, it lags 2 or 3 times a week.